This is my girlfriend's car. 03 V6 Tiburon.
Go to start it this morning, absolutely nothing. go to jump it and as it's "charging" the horn starts to go off, gradually gaining more noise as it charges. at the same time the wipers start going. they wouldn't stop if I hit the steering wheel or played with the wiper switch.
pull the jumpers, everything kills again. no juice. doesn't click or anything. pull the cables off the terminal, clean them up etc. rejump. it's alive. no horn blaring, no wipers screaming. pull the jumpers off, car dies after 15 seconds. first thought is alternator of course. repeat everything, it does it again. but as I look at the battery, there's that 120amp "slow blow" fuse or whatever it's called hanging off the positive. the fuse is completely fried, a gap in-between. need a bridge to cross the fuse.
so will putting a new one of those fuses in there fix her car? or is it the alternator?
I searched and everything and didn't found much. just looking for what this fuse is all about. so I'm sorry if this is a common thread.
Go to start it this morning, absolutely nothing. go to jump it and as it's "charging" the horn starts to go off, gradually gaining more noise as it charges. at the same time the wipers start going. they wouldn't stop if I hit the steering wheel or played with the wiper switch.
pull the jumpers, everything kills again. no juice. doesn't click or anything. pull the cables off the terminal, clean them up etc. rejump. it's alive. no horn blaring, no wipers screaming. pull the jumpers off, car dies after 15 seconds. first thought is alternator of course. repeat everything, it does it again. but as I look at the battery, there's that 120amp "slow blow" fuse or whatever it's called hanging off the positive. the fuse is completely fried, a gap in-between. need a bridge to cross the fuse.
so will putting a new one of those fuses in there fix her car? or is it the alternator?
I searched and everything and didn't found much. just looking for what this fuse is all about. so I'm sorry if this is a common thread.